Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 589 - 588 The Real Cause of Illness II (Third Update)
Mr. Ji sat in a wheelchair while Ji Rui sat on the sofa next to him, both silently watching the people in the bedroom turn it inside out.
"How is Baobao now?" Mr. Ji finally couldn’t hold back and broke the one-hour stalemate between father and son.
"He’s fine for now." Ji Rui’s tone was a bit cold, his gaze following the searchers around the room.
"Ah Ru..." Mr. Ji’s face was filled with pleading.
Ji Rui was in no mood or patience to listen to his explanation, "Okay, you don’t need to say anything, we’ll talk when everything comes to light."
Until he was cleared of suspicion, Ji Rui had no intention of having a good chat with him.
Time ticked away, and compared to Ji Rui and Mr. Ji maintaining a motionless posture like statues, several plainclothes officers and Doctor Dong were busy from the moment they entered.
They spent over two hours searching Mr. Ji’s room thoroughly, even taking apart pillows and quilts for a meticulous search. In the end, besides finding a dozen bottles of medication in a drawer, nothing particularly suspicious turned up.
"Mr. Ji, I’ll take these medications back for testing." Doctor Dong presented Ji Rui with a box carrying those dozen bottles.
Ji Rui glanced inside, seeing medicines that were not only for Mr. Ji’s joint inflammation but also some women’s health supplements, undoubtedly Mrs. Ji’s regular medications.
"Alright, take them all back."
The police and Doctor Dong assumed they had searched the whole room, and Ji Rui watched them combing every nook and cranny, before they prepared to move on to search other places.
Just as they reached the door, Mr. Ji suddenly called out, "Wait a moment."
Ji Rui turned his head and fixed his gaze on him, waiting for him to speak up.
Mr. Ji and Ji Rui exchanged glances for a moment, "Your aunt has a safe where she keeps her treasures, but I’m not sure I can guess the password correctly."
Those who had already moved out to wait at the door immediately hurried back inside.
"Where is it?"
Ji Rui thought it didn’t matter whether they guessed the safe’s password correctly as long as they found it; they could just break it open if needed.
"Behind the bookshelf."
When two plainclothes officers, upon Mr. Ji’s guidance, activated the bookshelf’s mechanism and revealed the safe embedded in the wall, Ji Rui was slightly surprised.
He had never known there was such a hidden mechanism in this house.
"I had it modified later; it wasn’t part of the original design." Mr. Ji seemed to guess Ji Rui’s thoughts, candidly admitting.
Ji Rui looked at him with a complex expression; Mr. Ji lowered his head in guilt, "Your aunt had it done, and I truly don’t know the password. I know a few she often uses; you can try them."
This time, Mr. Ji seemed determined to atone for his family’s sins and listed several passwords in front of his son, but to no avail; the safe door didn’t budge, showing the passwords were incorrect.
"Any other options?" Ji Rui asked.
If not, he’d have to take forceful measures.
"Let me give it a try..." One of the officers volunteered.
The officer next to him explained, "Don’t worry, Mr. Ji, cracking passwords is his specialty."
"Alright, give it a try." This safe should not have a function that permanently locks from incorrect entries.
"Mr. Ji, can you cooperate and give me a few sets of data?"
Mr. Ji nodded and answered all the officer’s questions regarding Mrs. Ji’s birthday, their two sons’ birthdays, and some special dates in detail.
The officer jotted down those sets of data and answers, asked a few more questions about Mrs. Ji, like whether she had a strong sense of direction or was sensitive to numbers, and Mr. Ji honestly provided all the answers.
The young officer took those data and answers, scribbling for a while, quickly producing three possible passwords.
The first set was wrong.
The second set was still wrong.
It wasn’t until the third set was pressed that Ji Rui distinctly heard the "click" of the lock opening.
"It’s open!" The two officers shouted excitedly.
Ji Rui remained silent, turned around, and walked over to push Mr. Ji in the wheelchair closer to the bookshelf.
"Xiao Zhang, could you please inspect these pieces of jewelry first? If there’s nothing suspicious, put them in this drawer."
Ji Rui had glanced briefly and immediately spotted the immensely valuable Buddha statue inside. This Buddha statue, recently acquired by Mr. Ji at auction, had been puzzling to Ji Rui, as the old man never liked such collectibles, and the statue wasn’t worth the price. It had merely been bid up by some people. Ji Rui had wondered how such a shrewd old man could be deceived. Now he understood that it was bought as a gift for someone cherished, no matter how expensive, he probably felt it was worthwhile.
Although the two officers hadn’t seen this Buddha statue before, the fact that such an item was hidden so carefully surely suggested its immense worth.
The jewelry and items inside were carefully removed one by one and thoroughly examined. Those with no issues were placed in the drawer indicated by Ji Rui.
Seeing that six to seven-tenths of the jewelry and precious collectibles from the safe had moved to the drawer, Mr. Ji’s previously tense expression visibly relaxed somewhat.
Just then, one officer handed a rosewood storage box to Ji Rui. "Mr. Ji, there seems to be an issue with this one inside."
Ji Rui received it, finding a bottle with no label inside the storage box.
Ji Rui looked up at Mr. Ji, whose face had changed slightly, "I’ll take this box, so keep track of it."
Mr. Ji nodded with difficulty.
Ji Rui originally closed the box but then reopened it, holding it in front of Mr. Ji, and questioned coldly, "Have you seen this bottle before?"
Mr. Ji shook his head, "This box was a gift from me to her. She used to keep some gemstones in it. I don’t know when this bottle was put inside, and I’ve never seen it."
Ji Rui showed no reaction to his answer, closing the box with a snap, and handed it to the officer.
The jewelry items in the safe had all been checked, with only that storage box appearing suspicious; the rest could be excluded.
The officer placed the jewelry back into the safe one by one, then pushed Mr. Ji over to allow him to set a new password.
The officer handed the storage box to Doctor Dong, who opened the bottle cap and sniffed it, his brows furrowing abruptly.
Ji Rui watched his reaction closely, "What is this?"
